Rhode Island Department of Education
Lesson Plan

Lesson Title:

State Standards: GLEs/GSEs

National Standards:

Context of Lesson:

Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.

Opportunities to Learn:



Depth of Knowledge

Prerequisite Knowledge

Plans for Differentiating Instruction

Accommodations and modifications

Environmental factors

Materials


Objectives:

Instruction:

Opening:

Take a land plant and place it underwater show the students. Who believes this will be able to grow? Put students In groups. why do you think it will grow/ why not?. Have the students share. Now this is a water pennywort it lives in a pond just below the surface of the water. Does anyone want to change their mind?


Engagement:

On the board have students review the list from the previous class on the photosynthetic parts and functions on a terrestrial plant. The students break into jigsaw groups, each group has a different aspect of the photosynthetic process as it applies to the water plant that they research and share with the class.



Closure:


Groups present information to class and discuses their findings. Teacher polishes up student responses to prevent misconception. Teacher creates a summery of water plants then transitions to introduction to niches ie next topic

Assessment:

how close where students to acualle facts during jigsaw



Reflections

(only done after lesson is enacted)

Student Work Sample 1 – Approaching Proficiency:

Student Work Sample 2 – Proficient:

Student Work Sample 3 – Exceeds Proficiency: